I actually don't disagree with your overall point when we're talking specifically about losing weight. For losing weight, it's all about limiting your consumption of calories from any source while increasing the amount of calories you burn daily.
Similarly, when I'm bulking to gain muscle mass I just eat more calories than I usually feel comfortable eating. However that doesn't mean eating a ton of chips or soda or "empty" calories from alcohol, it means tons of actual food, whether it be chicken or pad thai or chocolate milk. IMO, it's much more important to be watching what you're eating when you're putting on weight.
Personally I don't like the idea of keto because it seems really hard on your liver and kidneys, and that doesn't seem worth it at all from a health tradeoff perspective.
Similarly, when I'm bulking to gain muscle mass I just eat more calories than I usually feel comfortable eating. However that doesn't mean eating a ton of chips or soda or "empty" calories from alcohol, it means tons of actual food, whether it be chicken or pad thai or chocolate milk. IMO, it's much more important to be watching what you're eating when you're putting on weight.
Personally I don't like the idea of keto because it seems really hard on your liver and kidneys, and that doesn't seem worth it at all from a health tradeoff perspective.